{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/animal-gatherings-interim-measures-england-order-2003/note",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/animal-gatherings-interim-measures-england-order-2003/note.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2003/253",
  "legislation_title": "Animal Gatherings (Interim Measures) (England) Order 2003",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/animal-gatherings-interim-measures-england-order-2003",
  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Order)\nThis Order revokes and replaces the Animal Gatherings (Interim Measures) (England) Order 2002.\nIt does not apply in the circumstances set out in article 3 (animals gathered on their owner’s premises).\nIt requires a licence for animal gatherings (article 4).\nIt specifies that an animal gathering can only take place 27 days after the last animal left those premises and equipment on the premises has been cleansed of visible contamination (article 5). If the gathering takes place in paved premises article 6 makes provision for the cleansing and disinfection of those premises and enables a gathering to take place inside the normal time limit.\nIt imposes duties on persons attending an animal gathering (article 7 and the Schedule).\nIt imposes restrictions following an animals gathering (article 8).\nIt temporarily disapplies and replaces the Markets, Sales and Lairs Order 1925 (SI 1925/1349) (article 9).\nIt is enforced by the local authority or the Secretary of State (article 10).\nBreach of the Order is an offence under section 73 of the Animal Health Act, punishable in accordance with section 75 of that Act.\nA regulatory impact assessment has not been prepared for this Order.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2003/253/note",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T06:32:32.935564+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}